Recently, the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi, India dismissed the petition of and imposed a fine of INR 20,00,000 on the Indian Actress Juhi Chawla to ban 5G in India, which she claimed to emit a lot of harmful radiations for humans’ health. Since then, the controversy about the health implications of 5G has caught fire and is spreading like a disease.
Understanding the EM Wave Spectrum
5G works on the mechanism of electro-magnetic waves which are transmitted by a large or small transmitter and then received by the antennae on your device to convert into data. These EM (electro-magnetic) waves possess energy which can be converted into data. The higher the energy, the more data transmitted via the wave.
These waves are characterized by their wavelengths and frequency. Below is a chart known as the EM Wave spectrum. The longer the wavelength of the wave, the weaker it gets.
The spectrum broadly has 2 parts to it: The Ionizing and the Non-Ionizing part. The wavelengths longer than visible light are called Non-Ionizing waves. These cause no harm to the humans, since these have lower energy than the human body can handle. The main issue occurs with the waves on the other side of the spectrum- the Ionizing part.
Ionizing waves include Ultra-Violet rays, X-Rays, Gamma Rays and Cosmic Rays. These waves are a major threat to human, if they come in contact with the human body, because they can break the skin cells and blood cells, resulting in exponential increase in the risk of various forms of cancer.
5G- Safe or Not?
The wireless communication industry makes use of Radio waves, which lie on the far side of the Non-Ionizing spectrum. Hence, the use of 5G bands for cellular or data connections seems to be pretty harmless.
However, researchers are still doing a good number of researches to know about the potential threats this advanced tech may bring with itself, for humans or for any other life forms.
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